long white furry worm id please

[kyle4201]

Found all 3 on my huge colt coral [video]http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag27/kylel4201/20131202_171425_zpscc49d1ec.mp4[/video]

 

[Oxylebius]

Hey Kyle, can you explain what markings if any they have? Any description other then bristles, long, and white. A close up photo would help.

 

[kyle4201]

Did the video not work? [video] [/video]

 

[kyle4201]

[video]<a href=http://s1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag27/kylel4201/?action=view&current=20131202_171425_zpscc49d1ec.mp4 target=_blank><img src=http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag27/kylel4201/20131202_171425_zpscc49d1ec.mp4 border=0 alt=></a>[/video]
[video]http://s1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag27/kylel4201/?action=view&current=20131202_171425_zpscc49d1ec.mp4[/video]

 

[Oxylebius]

The video worked, can't really see a close up of them though

 

[kyle4201]

 

[Oxylebius]

Does its head look like this:
Look at its head in particular.

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

looks like a baby bristleworm to me... bit hard to see... see what others think

here an example:

 

[Oxylebius]

I'm thinking it is some type of Syllidae worm, but it is really hard to see the details of your worms, the head is usually the best way to help ID it.
Here are some more photos, scroll down to the worms under this title: (about 2/3 down the page)
Syllis sclerolaema (Ehlers, 1901 )
Phylum: Annelida; Class: Polychaeta; Order: Phyllodocida; Family: Syllidae; Genus: Syllis

 

[kyle4201]

Def not a bristle. Ill check the head

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

cirratulid ?

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Oxy - could very well be Syllidae ! Well done !

 

[Oxylebius]

Third group on page - Kyle there are some descriptions to look for to help ID it.

 

[kyle4201]

Best I could get. But I think ur right. R they good or bad?

 

[Oxylebius]

It is a type of bristle worm, a segmented worm. But, not the type we like to have in our aquariums.

Pull them - based on what I can find so far they suck the juices out of sedentary critters. It looks like they are a diverse group and maybe only some prey this way, but there isn't a way to figure that out right now. This is what I found, "mostly found creeping over sponges, ascidians, hydroids, bryozoa and algae or burrowing in the surface layers of silt and are common in protected sandbanks. They pierce the skin of these sedentary animals and pump out the juice."

 

[Oxylebius]

This website makes it sound like they are okay to keep

 

[kyle4201]

They wer only on my colt. Its sick, so I thought maybe they were killing it. But they r gone. thx every1. Always a pleasure.

 

[Oxylebius]

They possibly were killing it - sucking the juices out of it

 

[Mayja]

They possibly were killing it - sucking the juices out of it

Now we have to worry about vampire worms too? :jester: